Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised scores of alleged Bandit in Imo State.
The alleged Bandit members were killed last Friday during a raid carried out on their camp in between Ezinifite town and the Amaruru area of the state.
Some soldiers also sustained bullet wounds during the operation and were rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment.
During
the operation, pump-action shotguns, locally fabricated guns, revolver
pistols, rounds of 7.62 mm special, live cartridges, machetes were recovered by the troops.
IPOB leader, Kanu, in December
2020 launched ESN to protect the people of South-East and South-South
regions from terrorists and bandits allegedly trooping in from the
North.
Kanu described the outfit as a replica of the Western Nigeria
Security Network, also known as Amotekun, earlier launched by the
governors of the South-West to curb insecurity in the region.
“The
sole aim and objective of this newly formed security outfit known as
Eastern Security Network is to halt every criminal activity and
terrorist attack on Biafraland,” Kanu had said.
“This outfit, which
is a vigilante group like the Amotekun in the South-West and the Miyetti
Allah security outfit, will ensure the safety of our forests and
farmland which terrorists have converted into slaughter grounds and
raping fields.”
He added that the establishment of the security
outfit became necessary following what he described as the “failure” of
the governors of the South-South and South-East to put in place measures
to protect the people in those regions.
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